“The people’s patience is wearing thin with all corruption in government”
FOLLOWING reports that people expect most importantly the early conviction of those involved in anomalies resulting in trillions of pesos lost, two things are important:
First, the early conviction of those involved in anomalies in government, public works projects and, second, how to recover the trillions of pesos lost in the commission of rampant anomalies.
The ICI (or Independent Commission of Infrastructure), created by President Marcos Jr., has given the assurance that some of them will spend their Christmas in jail.
But the problem is so many of those involved in anomalies can no longer return what they have stolen. It would do well for the ICI to look into the possible retrieval of assets of those involved because these are the properties of the people.
We also have been given assurance by no less than the anti-graft courts that within six to eight months after the filing of cases of those involved their conviction is assured.
The Supreme Court no less is bound to create special courts to try those involved in anomalies. With all these efforts, the people at least are given the assurance the government can still recover all the money, all the trillions stolen by those involved in the anomalies.
Those running the government should realize that above everything else, we have so many urgent problems the nation must face aside from rampant corruption in government, especially by those involved in building projects needed to stem the frequent flooding of cities and municipalities.
We have read in the newspapers that no less than 24.8 million, out of our total population of 115.8 million, are functionally illiterate. This is alarming and is another big problem which the government must attend to.
There are also other important problems, like 50 percent of Filipino families consider themselves poor, as of late Oct. 2025, according to a survey by the Social Weather Stations and the problem of creating jobs for them must be immediately attended.
The prospects that those involved in anomalies will soon be behind bars is a good sign, but the government must also realize the retrieval of the stolen trillions is the real problem.
Santa Banana, I do not know how this will be done, but President Marcos Jr. must meet with all members of the Cabinet to find out all ways and means of retrieval of the stolen trillions.
There are still many domestic and international problems the government must attend to.
For instance, there is the off and on problem of China getting more aggressive as the years go by, asserting its dominance in the West Philippine Sea, although President Marcos Jr. and Chinese President Xi Jinping had vowed ties must be respected.
This is a problem the government must attend to by next year when the country will be the functional head of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations). The people expect this from President Marcos when the Philippines will head the ASEAN.
Again,there is the continuing problem of the Senate getting itself together to attend to the impeachment problem of VP Sara Duterte, and the continuing detention of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the ICC and his forthcoming trial for crimes against humanity is a problem Filipinos are awaiting to be solved.
But again, Santa Banana, these two problems must be attended to right away: the early conviction of those involved in anomalies amounting to trillions of pesos in connection with public works projects and the second is the early retrieval by the people of their stolen money.
I know the people’s patience is wearing thin with all corruption in government.
There is disturbing news, Santa Banana, that the jet planes and helicopters of the corrupt contractors have left the Philippines.
Again, we are consoled by the assurance will be an early conviction and people are looking forward to it.
